The Rizoma 77|011 is one of those products that really makes a shopping window complete! Last Wednesday Rizoma's Matteo Mengacci and I went to Lokal Heroz in Rotterdam to display one 77|011 in their shop, and it definitely looks amazing.

Later that day we arriving in The Hague at Lola Bikes and Coffee with a very warm welcome. The guys immediately grabbed all the camera’s available in the shop and the next 15 minutes we only made photos, more photo’s and… photo’s! No reason to complain about attention around 17.30pm at Noordeinde in The Hague; a busy street with Dutch commuters on bikes!

For all bicycle and fixy lovers; visit Lola Bikes and Coffee as soon as you can. This is an amazing hangout for everyone addicted to bikes, books about bikes, coffees and a unique atmosphere. Lola is located in an authentic shop downtown The Hague and with quite a selection of cool rides in their shop!
Check the website of Lokal Heroz via this link To find the webiste of Lola's Bikes and Coffees, check this link

Update | technical modifications 2

Some quick impressions of the latest assembly stage; some pics really feel like “spy shots”… so blurry, but it is the best selection out of the photo’s made during the manufacturing.

Last week a lightweight aluminum undertray has been made to store the battery and the voltage regulator. The frame will be slightly tweaked around the rear corners of the undertray to create a smooth fit.

After the last frame adjustments, the carburetors are fully installed. The inlet manifold is deliberately chosen rather long; to create a high torque engine, especially in low revs. It is so cool to see the K&N filters from the sideview, both left and right. All the other components will be hidden under the carbon body, to create the clean look.
The wiring is brand new! I decided to go for a completely new one instead of installing a used one; to avoid possible electric failures and to make the wiring as compact and lightweight as possible.

Rizoma 77| 011

Two very impressive Rizoma 77|011 fixies arrived today in Rotterdam! What more can I say.. the aluminum parts are milled with passion; the lining of the mill is left in the parts as an interesting graphic detailing.
The frame draws your attention every time you’ll pass the bicycles. The lining is so unique, looks aggressive and although the characteristic vertical frame tube is eliminated, you don’t miss it visually!

The saddle is milled out of aluminum with a curved carbon surface on top. The central part of the steer is CNC milled as well, and so nicely!

And if you park two of these 77|011 bikes alongside each other, they look even better! For more information check out http://www.rizoma.com/

Update | technical modifications

Last Friday I have been working at Star Twin on my motorcycle. The week before the guys at Star Twin collected the missing parts that were on my wish list. One of the first actions on our to-do list of last Friday was shortening the rear end of the standard Ducati Monster frame. With the angle grinder we chopped of the rear end of the frame, and welded another tube in the open space between the two sides of the frame. Which fitted perfectly due to the cad drawing I prepared earlier.

Next to the frame adjustment we installed the Dellorto carburetors and the K&N filters. A lot of puzzling to get the sets for each of the cylinder installed nicely. The pictures below show the carburetor for the horizontal cylinder, the other one is positioned on the left side; between the other one and the frame tubes.

At the moment the wiring will made, matching the nice Koso RX2N speedometer. And the shopping-list for this week; an exhaust system and a oil cooler.. to be continued!

Motobecane | small kids bike

Today a colleague of mine bought a very nice Motobecane road cycling bicycle for his son's birthday. Itis an awesome bike with some old-style detailing; some photo's to give you an idea of the looks.

Shinya Kimura | exceptional motorcycles

Shinya Kimura is a briliant custom bike builder from Japan, living in California nowadays. He started Zero Engineering in Japan, and expanded his workshop to Las Vegas as well. He left his own Zero Engineering to start another company called Chabott Engineering.
Over two decades of building one-offs and customs, Shinya Kimura built over 200 motorcycles! This movie was one of the 5 films nominated for a 2010 Vimeo Award, and it is one of those videos that makes you love motorcycles even more..

More footage via http://www.chabottengineering.com/